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Los Alamos County ranked first in state for resident earnings in 2017

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Los Alamos County ranked first among counties in New Mexico by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Los Alamos County residents was an inflation-adjusted $57,089 per year. Los Alamos County had 7,525 households in 2017, with a population of 18,031.

Mora County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in New Mexico, with a median income of only $12,481 per year. That was $44,608 less than the median income in Los Alamos County at the time. Mora County had 1,513 households in 2017 and a population of 4,605.

The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

New Mexico counties ranked by earnings per resident (2017)
RankCountyEarnings per resident ($$$)
1Los Alamos County57,089
2Santa Fe County31,563
3Sandoval County30,086
4Eddy County29,418
5Bernalillo County27,343
6Lea County27,286
7San Juan County23,765
8Rio Arriba County23,169
9Curry County22,930
10Valencia County22,541
11Lincoln County22,534
12Union County22,464
13Catron County22,455
14Grant County21,794
15De Baca County21,553
16Chaves County21,286
17Otero County21,127
18Harding County20,871
19Taos County20,470
20Cibola County19,514
21Doña Ana County19,497
22Torrance County19,294
23Colfax County19,018
24Hidalgo County18,930
25Roosevelt County18,579
26San Miguel County17,627
27Quay County17,532
28Guadalupe County17,520
29Sierra County17,136
30McKinley County16,344
31Socorro County15,608
32Luna County15,270
33Mora County12,481
* All values are inflation-adjusted

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